incandescence

Example Sentences

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These fragments themselves pancaked, creating a series of brief but powerful flashes of light as they heated to incandescence.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2023

“Spots of incandescence may remain near the vent, along channels, and at the flow front for days or weeks as the lava flows cool,” the observatory’s activity summary said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2022

But by the time he’s sitting there in one of this country’s primo landmarks of improvisation, innovation and artistic introspection — of incandescence and intensity — Carmichael no longer seemed to be doing a routine.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Only half-listening to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale of sin and repentance, she saw a pillar of light slice down, as if piercing through the ceiling, and felt as if she melted into the incandescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2022

For she never grasped—not at any rate with her mind—what, with such incandescence, he tried to tell her on these Saturday afternoons.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin